NEWARK, N.J. – UFC 288 ceremonial fighter weigh-ins took place Friday, and the fighters came face-to-face one final time before Saturday’s event. The weigh-ins took place at Prudential Center. The same venue in “The Garden State” hosts Saturday’s event, which has a main card on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+. Check out the
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UFC 288 Embedded: Sparks fly between Sterling and Cejudo In UFC 288 Embedded episode 5, Gilbert Burns, Belal Muhammad, and Jessica Andrade analyze their fights at media day. Things get heated between champ Aljamain Sterling and Henry Cejudo at the press conference. Aljamain Sterling is the current UFC bantamweight champion, but a win over former
The UFC is back with its sixth pay-per-view of the year, which means the popular “Embedded” fight-week video series is here to document what’s happening behind the scenes. UFC 288 takes place Saturday at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN/ESPN+. In the main event, bantamweight champion Aljamain
The UFC is back on the East Coast this week with the bantamweight title up for grabs for an ex-champ coming out of retirement. UFC 288 takes place Saturday at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN/ESPN+. (Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid
Julianna Peña comments on opting out of Amanda Nuñes fight Julianna Peña recently issued a statement regarding her withdrawal from her planned UFC 289 main event opposite UFC featherweight and bantamweight champion Amanda Nuñes. The two were slated to rematch for a second time at UFC 289 on June 10 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Peña
MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom breaks down the UFC’s top bouts. Today, we look at the main event for UFC 288. UFC 288 takes place Saturday at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN/ESPN+. Aljamain Sterling (22-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) Staple info: Height: 5’7″ Age: 33 Weight:
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MORRISTOWN, N.J. – MMA Junkie was on scene and reporting live from Friday’s UFC 288 fighter weigh-ins, where one fighter missed and another bout was canceled, but the title fight is intact. The early weigh-ins take place at the UFC host hotel in New Jersey and precede the ceremonial weigh-ins for the fans, which take place at
UFC 288 Weigh-In Results and Video The athletes competing on Saturday’s UFC 288 fight card in New Jersey officially weighed in on Friday morning making their bouts official. UFC 288 takes place on Saturday at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. It is headlined by a bantamweight championship bout between current champ Aljamain Sterling and
Julianna Pena still plans on challenging for the title in her next fight. Peña (11-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC) was scheduled to challenge dual-champion Amanda Nunes for the women’s bantamweight title in a trilogy bout in the UFC 289 headliner June 10. However, the former champion was forced to withdraw from her bout due to broken
NEWARK, N.J. – Dana White remains firm that Colby Covington is next in line for a UFC welterweight title shot against champion Leon Edwards – but another title challenger will soon be added to the queue. At a pre-fight news conference Thursday, White announced the winner of the UFC 288 co-main event between Gilbert Burns
Sean O’Malley reveals his pick for Aljamain Sterling vs. Henry Cejudo UFC 288 is headlined by a bantamweight title bout between champion Aljamain Sterling and former titleholder Henry Cejudo, and Sean O’Malley will likely face the winner. Cejudo comes out of retirement after three years to try and win back the belt that was once
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A man has been arrested and is awaiting questioning by police detectives following a shooting at the Miami home of former UFC fighter Jorge Masvidal. In a statement released to MMA Junkie on Thursday following initial news reports in Miami, the Miami-Dade Police Department said officers responded to a residence on SW 118th Avenue in
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Aljamain Sterling puts his #UFC bantamweight championship on the line against Henry Cejudo in the former two-division titleholder’s first bout in over three years in the main event of Saturday’s #UFC288 event. With so many burning questions on both sides, the fight’s intrigue continues to grow. MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Alexander K. Lee, and José
Daniel Cormier reacts to Jon Jones retirement comments This week UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones teased that he may retire after fighting Stipe Miocic. And his former foe Daniel Cormier has a theory about why he’s already talking retirement just one fight into the new division. “He’s still the best in the world,” Cormier said
MORRISTOWN, N.J. – Yan Xiaonan sees title implications with a win at UFC 288. Xiaonan (16-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) takes on former strawweight champion Jessica Andrade (24-10 MMA, 15-8 UFC) in Saturday’s featured main card bout at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN/ESPN+. With her last three